Examine the impact of social practices adopted by the apparel industry on sustainable performance.   

Key finding of the study

Findings indicate that both internal and external social sustainability practices positively impact all sustainable performance i.e., economic, environmental, and social.

Authors

Gunasekara K.R.H.L., Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Yapa S.T.W.S., University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Shantharachi A.A., Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Summary 

Real sustainability encompasses three dimensions i.e., economic, environmental, and social, and these three dimensions are commonly termed as Triple Bottom Line.  Many scholars have carried out their studies giving major attention to environmental and economic practices and thus far, the social pillar has been received less consideration in literature, especially in developing countries. Therefore, the present research study makes an effort to investigate the extent of social practices are being used by manufacturing companies and to assess sustainability performance in order to social sustainability practices followed by manufacturing companies. To address this issue through a quantitative study, data was collected using a questionnaire survey from 88 apparel manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka, and a PLS structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data.

Published in

Asian Journal of Management Studies

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